Susan Rice | |
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| 22nd Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – May 26, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Catherine Lhamon Carmel Martin Esther Olavarria Christen Linke Young |
| Preceded by | Joe Grogan |
| Succeeded by | Neera Tanden |
| 24th United States National Security Advisor | |
| In office July 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Tony Blinken Avril Haines Ben Rhodes |
| Preceded by | Thomas E. Donilon |
| Succeeded by | Michael Flynn |
| 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) – June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30) | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Brooke Anderson Rosemary DiCarlo |
| Preceded by | Zalmay Khalilzad |
| Succeeded by | Samantha Power |
| 12th Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs | |
| In office October 14, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | George Moose |
| Succeeded by | Walter H. Kansteiner III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Elizabeth Rice (1964-11-17) November 17, 1964 (age 59) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ian O. Cameron (m. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Emmett J. Rice (father) Lois Dickson Rice (mother) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil) |
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Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American diplomat. In 2021, Rice became the Director of the Domestic Policy Council under the Joe Biden presidency. She was the National Security Advisor from 2013 through 2017 during the Barack Obama presidency. Before, she was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations between 2009 to 2013.
She was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. Rice was confirmed as UN ambassador by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.
She is the first Jamaican-American woman to hold that office. Rice succeeded Tom Donilon as National Security Adviser. Donilon's resignation was announced on June 5, 2013.[1]
On March 8, 2017, Rice joined American University as a distinguished visiting research fellow in the School of International Service (SIS) at the university. In her residency she planned to work on her next book and mentoring young SIS students.[2]
On March 28, 2018, Rice was appointed to the board of directors at Netflix.[3]
After U.S. senator Susan Collins from Maine voted in favor of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, Rice publicly considered a challenge to Collins in 2020.[4][5] In April 2019, however, Rice announced that she would not seek a Senate run against Collins in 2020.[6]
In July 2020, it was widely reported that Rice was under consideration to be Joe Biden's running mate for Vice President in the 2020 general election.[7]
On December 10, 2020, it was reported that Rice was picked by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as Director of the Domestic Policy Council in the Biden administration.[8][9] She left office in May 2023 and was replaced by Neera Tanden.
Rice was born on November 17, 1964 in Washington, D.C.. She studied at Stanford University and the New College, Oxford. Rice is an African American whose maternal grandparents were Jamaican.
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